Musicians and their Instruments
Where Some of the Best Were Born
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Instruments
By Location (Click on the states)
Alabama
Cootie Williams - Trumpet
Pinetop Smith - Piano
Nat King Cole - Vocalist
Dinah Washington - Vocalist
Arkansas
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Guitar
Belgium
Django Reinhardt - Guitar
District of Columbia
Duke Ellington
- Composer/Arranger
France
Stephane Grapelli - Violin
Georgia
JC Higginbotham - Trombone
Trummy Young - Trombone
Fletcher Henderson
- Arranger
Fred Guy - Banjo
Illinois
Benny Goodman
- Clarinet
Red Norvo - Vibraphone
Indiana
Sid Catlett - Drums
Iowa
Bix Beiderbecke
- Trumpet
Kentucky
Jimmy Harrison - Trombone
Al Casey - Guitar
Lionel Hampton
- Vibraphone
Louisiana
Joe "King" Oliver
- Trumpet
Louis Armstrong
- Trumpet - Vocalist
Kid Ory
- Trombone
George Brunis - Trombone
Alphonse Picou
- Clarinet
Leon Rappolo(Roppolo) - Clarinet
Johnny Dodds
- Clarinet
Jimmy Noone
- Clarinet
Barney Bigard
- Clarinet
Jelly Roll Morton
- Piano
Johnny St. Cyr
- Guitar
-Banjo
Lonnie Johnson
- Guitar
Baby Dodds
- Drums
Pops Foster
- Bass
Bud Scott - Banjo
Sidney Bechet
- Soprano Saxophone
Leadbelly - Vocalist
Boswell Sisters - Vocalist
Maryland
Chick Webb - Drums
John Kirby - Bass
Billie Holiday
- Vocalist
Massachusetts
Johnny Hodges - Alto Saxophone
Harry Carney - Baritone Saxophone
Michigan
Sy Oliver - Arranger
Howdy Quicksell - Banjo
Mississippi
Lester Young
- Tenor Saxophone
Milt Hinton
- Bass
Missouri
Coleman Hawkins
- Tenor Saxophone
Frank Teschemacher
- Clarinet
Eddie South - Violin
Joe Turner - Vocalist
New Jersey
James P Johnson
- Piano
Count Basie
- Piano
Sarah Vaughn - Vocalist
New York
Teddy Bunn - Guitar
Miff Mole
- Trombone
Benny Carter
- Alto Saxophone
Fats Waller
- Piano - Vocalist
Adrian Rollini
- Bass
Saxophone
Oklahoma
Jimmy Rushing
- Vocalist
Ohio
Art Tatum - Piano
Stuff Smith - Violin
Mills Brothers - Vocalist
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Tadd Dameron - Arranger
Pennsylvania
Roy Eldridge
- Trumpet
Tommy Dorsey
- Trombone
Earl Hines
- Piano
Joe Venuti
- Violin
Eddie Lang
- Guitar
South Carolina
Bubber Miley
- Trumpet
Tennessee
Bessie Smith
- Vocalist
Texas
Jack Teagarden
- Trombone - Vocalist
Teddy Wilson - Piano
Charlie Christian - Guitar
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Vocalist
Utah
Red Nichols
- Cornet
Virginia
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocalist
Washington
Mildred Bailey - Vocalist
West Virginia
Don Redman
- Arranger
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